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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if:
37 IA-32 IA-32 aka i386 architecture is enabled. 37 IA-32 IA-32 aka i386 architecture is enabled.
38 IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled. 38 IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled.
39 IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled. 39 IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled.
40 IP_PNP IP DCHP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled. 40 IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
41 ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. 41 ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
42 ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. 42 ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
43 JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. 43 JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ running once the system is up.
159 159
160 acpi_fake_ecdt [HW,ACPI] Workaround failure due to BIOS lacking ECDT 160 acpi_fake_ecdt [HW,ACPI] Workaround failure due to BIOS lacking ECDT
161 161
162 acpi_generic_hotkey [HW,ACPI]
163 Allow consolidated generic hotkey driver to
164 over-ride platform specific driver.
165 See also Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt.
166
162 ad1816= [HW,OSS] 167 ad1816= [HW,OSS]
163 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2> 168 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
164 See also Documentation/sound/oss/AD1816. 169 See also Documentation/sound/oss/AD1816.
@@ -358,6 +363,10 @@ running once the system is up.
358 cpia_pp= [HW,PPT] 363 cpia_pp= [HW,PPT]
359 Format: { parport<nr> | auto | none } 364 Format: { parport<nr> | auto | none }
360 365
366 crashkernel=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
367 [KNL] Reserve a chunk of physical memory to
368 hold a kernel to switch to with kexec on panic.
369
361 cs4232= [HW,OSS] 370 cs4232= [HW,OSS]
362 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpuio>,<mpuirq> 371 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpuio>,<mpuirq>
363 372
@@ -447,6 +456,10 @@ running once the system is up.
447 Format: {"as"|"cfq"|"deadline"|"noop"} 456 Format: {"as"|"cfq"|"deadline"|"noop"}
448 See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt 457 See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt
449 and Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details. 458 and Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
459 elfcorehdr= [IA-32]
460 Specifies physical address of start of kernel core image
461 elf header.
462 See Documentation/kdump.txt for details.
450 463
451 enforcing [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status. 464 enforcing [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
452 Format: {"0" | "1"} 465 Format: {"0" | "1"}
@@ -548,6 +561,9 @@ running once the system is up.
548 561
549 i810= [HW,DRM] 562 i810= [HW,DRM]
550 563
564 i8k.ignore_dmi [HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
565 indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
566 hardware.
551 i8k.force [HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature 567 i8k.force [HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
552 does not match list of supported models. 568 does not match list of supported models.
553 i8k.power_status 569 i8k.power_status
@@ -611,6 +627,17 @@ running once the system is up.
611 ips= [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller 627 ips= [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller
612 See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c. 628 See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c.
613 629
630 irqfixup [HW]
631 When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
632 for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
633 firmware running.
634
635 irqpoll [HW]
636 When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
637 for it. Also check all handlers each timer
638 interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
639 firmware running.
640
614 isapnp= [ISAPNP] 641 isapnp= [ISAPNP]
615 Format: <RDP>, <reset>, <pci_scan>, <verbosity> 642 Format: <RDP>, <reset>, <pci_scan>, <verbosity>
616 643
@@ -736,6 +763,9 @@ running once the system is up.
736 maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel 763 maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
737 should make use of 764 should make use of
738 765
766 max_addr=[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than or
767 equal to this physical address is ignored.
768
739 max_luns= [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe 769 max_luns= [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe
740 Should be between 1 and 2^32-1. 770 Should be between 1 and 2^32-1.
741 771
@@ -1019,6 +1049,10 @@ running once the system is up.
1019 irqmask=0xMMMM [IA-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be assigned 1049 irqmask=0xMMMM [IA-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be assigned
1020 automatically to PCI devices. You can make the kernel 1050 automatically to PCI devices. You can make the kernel
1021 exclude IRQs of your ISA cards this way. 1051 exclude IRQs of your ISA cards this way.
1052 pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [IA-32] Specify the physical address
1053 of the PIRQ table (normally generated
1054 by the BIOS) if it is outside the
1055 F0000h-100000h range.
1022 lastbus=N [IA-32] Scan all buses till bus #N. Can be useful 1056 lastbus=N [IA-32] Scan all buses till bus #N. Can be useful
1023 if the kernel is unable to find your secondary buses 1057 if the kernel is unable to find your secondary buses
1024 and you want to tell it explicitly which ones they are. 1058 and you want to tell it explicitly which ones they are.
@@ -1104,7 +1138,7 @@ running once the system is up.
1104 See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. 1138 See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
1105 1139
1106 psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to 1140 psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
1107 probe for (bare|imps|exps). 1141 probe for (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
1108 psmouse.rate= [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports 1142 psmouse.rate= [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
1109 per second. 1143 per second.
1110 psmouse.resetafter= 1144 psmouse.resetafter=